Cigarette-dispensing device



L. WEIDLICH CIGARET'IE DI SPENS ING DEVI GE March 2 1926.

Filed 00t. 23, 1923 Patented Mar. 2, 1926.

UNITED STATES LOUIS WEIDLICH, OF STRATIEORD, CONN'EC'IICU'I.

CIGARE'ITE-DISPENSING IDEV'ICE.

Applicaticin filez1 October 23, 192a. Serial N0. 670,272.

T0 (17/ wlwm 2Tt nzay concern Be it known that LOUIS VVEIDLICH, a citi- 7:en 0f the United States, und resident of Stratfozcl, in the county of Fairfield ancl Stute 0f Connecticut, has invencedcertam n-ew und useful Improvements in (Zigarette- Dispensing: Devices, 0f which the following i.s a specification.

This invention rclates t0 an improved cigarette dispensingdevice, and has f01' its object t0 provide a device 0f this clmmcter in which a number 0f cigarettes may be containcd, und by means ofwhich they may be deliverecl singly, when desired. A further 0bject is to provide such a device in which ihe cigarettes will be Protected against clnst, lirt und breakage, and which Will maintain the1n in a proper condition for Smoking.

Other objectsare simplicity of constru ction and freeclom Erom parts which Will maclily get out of 01cler.

With the above und other objeots in view, an embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, ancl this emhodimenf will be hereinafter more fully clescribed with reference thereto, and the invention will be finally p0intecl out in the claim.

In the drawings:

'Fig. 1 is 21 perspective view of a cigarette dispensing device, according to tl1e present embodi1neni: 0f the invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view ther eof;

Fi 3 is 2 similai sectional view, bat show mg the cigarette delivery means in a differnt operat1ve position; and

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical sect1onal view.

Similar reference characters indicate 001- responding arts throughout the several figures 0f the drawings.

Refelring to the drawings, the device comprises a rectangular outer cas1ng 10, provided at the lower part of its -fr0nt face with a horizontal delivery slot 11, tl1e lower edge of Wl1ich is contiguous to a grooved iorewardly projecting cigarette receiving portion 12, adapted to receive a single cigarette and perm1t of its convenient removal With the fingers.

Vithin the outer casing the re is supported a cigarette containing hopper, the front and 1'631 Walls 13 und 14 of which are spaced 1'1om each other a1; their loWer ends to form a base opening, the Walls being curved inwafdly toward said opening, while ehe side Walls 15 and 16 a1e inclined downwardly und inwardly.

Beneath the hopper portion the1e is 10- tatably m'ounted a cigarette selecting and de- ]ivering mcmber 17, in the form of acylinder 01 drum, having disc shap'ed ends 18 und 19, and provicl ed witl1' a longitudinal pocket 20 formed integrally with the cylin der by bending, the ends of t his pocket being closed by portions of the disc ends. The pocket corresponds and registers in length with the base opening 01: the hopper. At the side opposed to the pocket the drum is open, so that tl1e longitudinal edges of the gpening-form stops to limit the rntation of the' cylinder, and thereby determine its operative positions, as will presently more fully appear.

The delivery 1nembe'r is adapted to continuously close tl1e base openi ng of the hopper. and by r otation from 0ne position t0 the other deliver the cigarettes singly through the slot1l to the receiving groove 12. F01 this purpose it is provided with an axial shaft 21 fixecl thereto by soldering o1 the like, as ab 22, the ends 0f said shaf't be ing journaled in tl1e sicles of the casing, one end projecting outwardly and being bent at 1'igh-b angles to form a manipulating handle 23. Collars 24 and 25 are provided on the Shaft between the disk ends 18 and 19 and the sides 0f the casing to fix the longitudinal position of the delivery member.

A stop member 26 is secured to one of the side Walls of the casing, being bent inwardly and upwardly in a manner t0 engage witl1in the o-pening of the drum and thereby abut the longitudinal edges, in one 01 the other positions, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and thereby limit and determine the positions of the delivering member. The surface 0f the drum is preferably roughened, as at 27, so that it will tend t0 roll ehe ciga rettes as the member is rotated, and thereby insure their proper positioning.

A .removable cover 28, Which may be hinged 0r otherwise secured, is provided at che uppe1 und of the casing to closq the hop- ]1&1 ancl protect the cigarees therein from dust und dirt.

It will be noted that'the Walls of the hopper cause the cigarettes to assume longitudimoved forwarcl, as s0on' as the finge1s are removed fron1 the handle. rette is desired the'handle 23 is moved forewardly from the position shown in Fig. 2 to that of Fig. 3, the rotation of the clrum being limitecl b v abutment with the stop 24, so that tl-1e pocket is brou9;ht info register with the clelivery slot, ancl the cigarette rolls fro1n the pocket to the groovecl receiving Portion. The construcfion is very simple, and does away with the useof springst, le'vers, 01' other complicated mechanisrn, and at the same time is automatic in action.

I have illustrated and described a preferred and satisfactory embocliment of fhe invention, but it Will be ohviou's that chzxnges n1ay be made therein. within the spirit an l scope thereof, as defined in t-he appended Having thus describecl 1ny inventionwhat I claim and desire fosecure by Letters Patent is: A device of the character described. comprising a casing having a front Wall proyided near its lower edgje With a horizontal grooved cigarette receiving portion, said front wall being provided with a horizontal slot having its edges in a vertical plane and having its lower edge coincident with the inner edge of said grooved portion, a cigarette con taining hopper in said casing provided in its base with a horizontal opening having its edges in a horizontal plane above the upper (adge 0f said slot 0f the front Wall, the Walls of said hop1 er being inclined inwardly toward Sai l opening, n rofatable cylindrical cigarette' selecting und delivering member mountecl in the casing beneath suid opening of the hopper andat the sicle 0f saicl slot 0f the front wall the cylinclricnl Surface of said member adapted to move through said openihg and said slot to close them, said member Dein; provicled With 21 longitudinal pocket adapted (o be moved upon rotation of said 1neinber betwen rgz istering relation With said opening and reg- 1ster1np; relat1on Wlth sa1d slot, the surface 0f saidpocket adaptecl in the latter position to be aligned With fhe surface 0f said growed portion of the frnt wall whereby Signed at Bridgeport, in the, conty ol Fziirfield and State of Connecticut, this-10tli day of October, A. D. 1923. A LOUIS WEIDLICH. 

